A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on responses to recommendations presented by the office of law enforcement oversight to the sheriff's office, in compliance with the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 21, Proviso P7.

A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on responses to recommendations presented by the office of law enforcement oversight to the sheriff's office, in compliance with the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 21, Proviso P7.

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WHEREAS, the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 21, Proviso P7, requires the sheriff's office to transmit a report with responses to recommendations presented by the office of law enforcement oversight ("OLEO") to the sheriff's office in 2018 and an accompanying motion acknowledging receipt of this report, and

WHEREAS, the attached report describes the sheriff's office's response to the three reports "Transparency and Media Relations in High-Profile Cases (Brechner Center)," "Internal Investigations Complaint Classification Review of the King County Sheriff's Office" and "Use of Force Complaint Processing in the King County Sheriff's Office" and the recommendations presented by OLEO during 2018, and

WHEREAS, the report describes the response by the sheriff's office to each recommendation, and

WHEREAS, the report further describes steps taken to implement many of the recommendations and also reasons why other recommendations are not well taken and will not be implemented, and

WHEREAS, the report was developed with input from OLEO, and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 18835, Section 21, Proviso P7, provides that $500,000 of the annual budget for the sheriff's office shall be released upon the receipt of such a report;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

The report discussing responses to recommendations presented by the office of law enforcement oversight to the sheriff's office, in compliance with the 2019-2020

Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 21, Proviso P7, which is Attachment A to this motion, is hereby acknowledged.